Tour du Rwanda 2023, February 19-26

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frisenfruitig said:
If he manages to win a stage in the Tour du Rwanda against a bunch of nobodies?
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Tour de l'Ain 2021 Stage 3 results

Michael Storer is the winner of Tour de l'Ain 2021, before Harm Vanhoucke and Matteo Badilatti. The stage from Izernore to Lélex Mont-Jura was won by Michael Storer.
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Badilltti, who is on his chase, has been 3rd at Tour de l Ain....I dont thibnk he is nobody....and he is not the strongerst rival for him. Victor de la Parte has a decent palmares, to say just one name...he won Tour of Austria, to important names.

Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt-Tour of Austria 2015 Stage 8 results (procyclingstats.com)
 
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45km to go, Eusktel rider is in pursuit of Froome, 35 second difference.

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Badilatti failed and droped...Now is Iturria who is on the chase of Froome at 1 min...hope the rain stoped and he colaboprate with Froome..this climb is quite irregular..long but with descents.

Froome could make a good step forward today,. or still he can lose lot of minutes in GC...but anyway I think he will finish ahead of the current leader Bonnet.
 
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It would be difficult that Froome could follow people as Mikel Asparren, De la Parte, the eritrean....when caught.. is a lo9ng solo attack on the rain...
 
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Tour de l'Ain 2021 Stage 3 results

Michael Storer is the winner of Tour de l'Ain 2021, before Harm Vanhoucke and Matteo Badilatti. The stage from Izernore to Lélex Mont-Jura was won by Michael Storer.
www.procyclingstats.com www.procyclingstats.com
Badilltti, who is on his chase, has been 3rd at Tour de l Ain....I dont thibnk he is nobody....and he is not the strongerst rival for him. Victor de la Parte has a decent palmares, to say just one name...he won Tour of Austria, to important names.

Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt-Tour of Austria 2015 Stage 8 results (procyclingstats.com)
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There are almost no WT teams and the ones who are present have sent their weakest riders. This race literally means nothing.
 
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Sometimes the smallest races are the hardest. Meanwhile in UAE Tour they are just chilling and softpedaling.
 
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There are almost no WT teams and the ones who are present have sent their weakest riders. This race literally means nothing.
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Froome is just training here..not peaking...other way of course it wasnt meritable for him...but we are in february, not in may. So, even if he lose a lot of minutes today...it is a good signal his break.
 
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Mikel Bizcarra is my favourite for today stage and maybe for GC. His team is the stronger for the climbs IMO and he is a good rider
 
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Froome is just training here..not peaking...other way of course it wasnt meritable for him...but we are in february, not in may. So, even if he lose a lot of minutes today...it is a good signal his break.
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So just like the rest of the WT peloton then? No one is peaking for february.

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Sometimes the smallest races are the hardest. Meanwhile in UAE Tour they are just chilling and softpedaling.
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Sure, it's a flat sprint stage today. Froome would have lost minutes yesterday against the guys in the UAE, let's be real here for a minute.
 
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So just like the rest of the WT peloton then? No one is peaking for february.



Sure, it's a flat sprint stage today. Froome would have lost minutes yesterday against the guys in the UAE, let's be real here for a minute.
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If he were at UAE Tour, he would be working and for that losingbig time. Not everybody is just training at WT, lot of riders are now close to his best level. We see how Froome started last year in march and how he was at the end of May...really different...For other riders is quite similar. Of course Pogacar is not peaking, but close to his best level now. Froome sould be here better than is Australia, so with the level of the race I hoped something for him, and I think he is doing something.
 
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If he were at UAE Tour, he would be working and for that losingbig time. Not everybody is just training at WT, lot of riders are now close to his best level. We see how Froome started last year in march and how he was at the end of May...really different...For other riders is quite similar. Of course Pogacar is not peaking, but close to his best level now. Froome sould be here better than is Australia, so woth the level of the race I hoped something for him, and I think he is doing something.
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Even if he wouldn't be working, he would still have lost minutes trying to hang on. Most other WT riders are also peaking for either the giro or the spring classics.

I'm curious though what you expect from Froome in may? It's true that he is doing something, but trying an attack in the tour du Rwanda isn't exactly impressive unless your expectations are ridiculously low. But it is something.
 
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Ormiston looks strong on the last climb. Good victory for him. Bizcarra probably second.
 
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The stage was less selective than I though...so the move of Froome is wanst clever...hope he try tomorrow again with more head.
 
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